By assembling a series of detailed case reports for analysis, researchers hope to identify recurring patterns and themes associated with OSA-related adverse perioperative events, with the ultimate goal of risk prevention and improved anesthesia patient safety, reports Anesthesiology News.
Members of the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM) and the Anesthesia Closed Claims Project have established a registry to investigate unanticipated perioperative deaths and near misses in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). By assembling a series of detailed case reports for analysis, researchers hope to identify recurring patterns and themes associated with OSA-related adverse perioperative events, with the ultimate goal of risk prevention and improved anesthesia patient safety. “There’s a wealth of information pointing to the fact that patients with OSA are at increased risk for adverse outcomes in the perioperative period,” said Norman Bolden, MD, associate professor of anesthesiology at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland. “What’s lacking in the medical literature, however, are details outlining the events that led to the deaths in patients with sleep apnea or details outlining the events that led to catastrophic outcomes, such as anoxic brain injury.”
How about a retrospective analysis of all nocturnal deaths 12 m to 6 am in america with those patients apnea indexes or OSA risk factors from prior medical exams. Hence Supreme Court justice Scalia.